Comment Re:Woah... (Score 1) 403
Not sure how they came up with 10GB unless they were using the Enterprise or Datacenter Editions.
I just set up a Win2K8 Std in a VPC and it required 6.2GB all installed with all the features I was using (which was most except for Active Directory, Remote Connection/VPN stuff, and some of the Desktop Deployment stuff which might account for most of the discrepancy).
I was able to pair that down to about 4GB by tossing out most of the driver INFs (not needed in a VPC) and the actual driver file backups and a few other 'cache' type folders. I'm sure I could've gotten it down more.
The same techniques in Win2K3 Std takes it from like 3GB-ish to 1.5GBish, by way of comparison.
Admittedly though, there *is* a LOT more stuff in Win2K8, not just Aero and Balmer videos.
I just set up a Win2K8 Std in a VPC and it required 6.2GB all installed with all the features I was using (which was most except for Active Directory, Remote Connection/VPN stuff, and some of the Desktop Deployment stuff which might account for most of the discrepancy).
I was able to pair that down to about 4GB by tossing out most of the driver INFs (not needed in a VPC) and the actual driver file backups and a few other 'cache' type folders. I'm sure I could've gotten it down more.
The same techniques in Win2K3 Std takes it from like 3GB-ish to 1.5GBish, by way of comparison.
Admittedly though, there *is* a LOT more stuff in Win2K8, not just Aero and Balmer videos.
